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Starbucks Facing Full Valuation & Chart Pause (SBUX)

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) may have shown solid sales and earnings growth and may have juiced up its dividend last week.  Our initial take based upon the reaction to the guidance is that this turnaround has fully turned around and that the value of the stock fully reflected a complete turnaround.  That alone might not [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Underwriters & Analysts Turn Back on CBOE (CBOE)

CBOE Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) was already trading as a busted IPO as the stock was already under its formal IPO pricing.  The $29.00 price was up 13% in June when the deal came public but closed Friday at $27.15.  The quiet period for research analysts at firms in the underwriting group has now ended [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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In Bernanke We Trust?

Ben Bernanke, head of the Federal Reserve, is credited by many people for lifting America and much of the rest of the world out of the financial crisis of 2008 and early 2009. He spoke and answered questions in front of the Senate Banking Committee yesterday, and while he was speaking, the stock market rapidly [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Top Day Trader Alerts (AMZN, ARNA, BP, NTY, OREX, VRNM, VVUS)

There are many stocks on the move for day traders and active traders this Tuesday morning now that earnings season has launched. Amazon.com Inc.

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Intel Preview, 360-Degree Review (INTC, AMD)

After the close of trading today we will get the second of the 30 DJIA components reporting earnings: Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC).  We wanted to give a full 360-degree review of the stock with expectations around the price move, Thomson Reuters consensus, charts, options, and more added color.  This will likely set the tone for [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Contagion Redux: Moody’s Downgrades Portugal Too Late

Moody’s downgraded  Portugal’s government bond ratings two notches to A1 from Aa2. The outlook for the debt was listed as stable.

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The 24/7 Wall St. Fifty Least Trustworthy Companies in America, A Look Back

24/7 Wall St. reviewed the performance of the 50 companies on our “Least Transparent” list for the month of June, and as might be expected, the returns were dreadful.  In addition, three of the companies had high levels of “Insider Trading” during the month. The data for the original list and revisions come from Audit [[ This is a content summary only.

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SIRIUS Finally On Right Track (SIRI)

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is flirting with the $1.00 handle again.  This morning’s run in the stock is after the company released subscriber additions coming in above expectations.  The company has added more than 1.1 million subscribers from a year ago and now has 19,527,448 subscribers, a record high.  Many can argue that [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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The $310 to $400 Apple Stock Call (AAPL, T, VZ, MSFT, XOM)

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is trading up better than the broad market’s current losses and is trading up far better than the nominal gains seen at NASDAQ today.  The culprit is an aggressive analyst call from Morgan Stanley.  The upgrade is on estimates, target and even in name as the stock is now on the [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Signs Of The Apocalype: Thailand Stock Exchange On Fire As Euro Collapses

Protesters in Thailand, retreating from the army, have set the stock exchange on fire. The euro is about to break below $1.21 after Angela Merkel of Germany set new short sales rules which were savaged by French officials. Douglas A

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